[EAN: 9780393099980], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.], HISTORY, ENGLAND, REVOLUTION, 1688, History|Europe|Great Britain|General, Clean very good copy. NO markings on text. Small closed tear on edge of front cover. The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (VII of Scotland and II of Ireland) in 1688 by a union of English Parliamentarians with an invading army led by the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange) who, as a result, ascended the English throne as William III of England together with his wife Mary II of England. The crisis facing King James II came to a head in 1688, when the King fathered a son, James Francis Edward Stuart on 10 June (Julian calendar). Until then the throne would have passed to his daughter Mary, a Protestant, the wife of William. The prospect of a Roman Catholic dynasty in the kingdoms was now likely. Already troubled by the King's Catholicism and his close ties with France, key leaders of the Tories united with members of the opposition Whigs and set out to resolve the crisis by inviting William of Orange to England. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in.Tall